Genes in biological systems experience sudden emergence of ordered collective behaviour, bluewhich corresponds to steady state behaviour in PBNs and can be modelled via attractor theory [1]}, e.g., the emergence of heterogeneous small cell lung cancer phenotypes [2]}.
Therapeutic strategies may involve switching between attractors, e.g., proliferation, apoptosis in cancerous cells [3]}, or directing the network to a (set of) steady states that are more desirable than others, e.g., exhibit lower levels of resistance to antibiotics [4]}.
